Work
Grouped by what it is, not by when I posted it. Research first, then things I built, then work with people.
Research
Co-author. Accepted as a poster presentation at IEEE OCEANS 2026, Monterey, California, 21–24 September 2026. The dataset pairs camera and 3D sonar returns so that perception models have something to learn from in water where cameras alone fail.
An independent literature review I am writing with two USF faculty advisors. The motivating case is Barbados; the scope is SIDS generally, because the evidence base for any one island is thin. The narrowing question is what happens specifically with AI.
Two years on underwater autonomy: integrating a 3D sonar into a BlueROV2 platform, working in ROS2 and BlueOS on Linux, and collecting the field data the dataset above is built from.
Engineering
A safety-critical circuit that cuts power when the brake and throttle signals disagree. Designed from LTspice simulation through to an Altium board for USF’s competition car.
An ESP32-driven 6-DOF arm running hand-calibrated pick-and-place sequences, selectable over serial rather than reflashed one program at a time.
A small Arduino build that measures how fast you actually are. Written up on the blog.
A BCD adder built entirely on breadboard from discrete logic — no microcontroller, no shortcuts.
Voted best robot design and functionality in the course competition.
Community & policy
Selected as a delegate with a Barbados-focused proposal for a robotics and engineering talent pipeline: how a country of 280,000 people builds enough technical depth to run the systems it buys.
Coached students through a summer robotics programme run by the Caribbean Science Foundation and led by MIT’s Professor Cardinal Warde, aimed squarely at STEM as regional economic development.
A resource I started so Caribbean students can find the STEM opportunities and scholarships that nobody told me about, alongside honest notes from my own route through.
Founded at 16 during lockdown, building custom computers in Barbados for gamers, producers and businesses. Later launched a branded LED lighting line manufactured in China — supply chain, packaging and all — which sold out in thirty days.